Posted by Andrew on August 19th 2010
Today the third eBook in my Magic of Black & White series goes on sale on Craft and Vision. It’s called The Magic of Black & White: Part III – Nine Photos and picks up where the second eBook (The Magic of Black & White: Part II – Craft) left off.
In this eBook I take you through nine black and white images with the intention of explaining the more advanced Photoshop* techniques behind them. I discuss toning, split toning, exposure blending, soft focus and the creation of diptyches and triptyches. But it’s not just about Photoshop technique. Photoshop is an essential part of the digital black and white photographer’s toolbox – but to be anything more than a technical exercise it needs to be aligned with creative vision.
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Posted by on September 05th 2008
Have you ever seen a photo of a girl with wings and wondered how the photographer managed to turn her into an fairy? I’ll show you how (it’s easier than you think).
Fairies and Art
From Victorian Fairy Art to the Cottingley Fairies to Flickr, paintings and photos of fairies have been part of our visual culture and heritage for hundreds of years. Inspired by both old paintings and modern photos, I decided to turn my model Laura into a 21st century fairy. It turned out to be easier than I thought, and in this tutorial I’ll show you how I did it.
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Posted by Andrew on August 26th 2008
What is Split Toning?
Split toning is a technique that originated in the black and white darkroom. A traditional printer split tones by using two toners one after the other, one to tone the print’s shadows and the other to tone the highlights.
Photoshop CS does away with the messy chemicals and lets you tone prints with just a few clicks of the mouse. In this tutorial I’m going to show you an easy way to split tone using Gradient Map.
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Posted by Andrew on May 20th 2008
Netherlands based photographer Carmen Gonzalez has a beautiful body of work on display on Flickr, and recently held an exhibition in the town of Hoogeveen. I particularly like her diptyches, and wanted to find out some more about her.
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